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15 October 2011

Trees of Life

These amazing trees were captured in Mathugama area. Hope you can identify those peculiar objects hanging from the palms.

I have not seen so many 'wadu kurulu' (Baya Weaver)nests in one place. A closer view is shown here. It appeared that this community has lived here for a long period of time as I saw some of the older nests on the ground.

K, you are correct. :) They are not exact, but the shape of the houses reminded me of these nests. I just read that you were knee-deep in mud to get these pics. That kind of dedication merits bonus points! :))

Very interesting. I have not seen these type of nests in SLK. I have seen some massive weaver nests in South Africa.Nice touch with the site and I have no problems using Chrome and I will check safari later.Had a swell time in Nicaragua, a LOT of hiking in unmarked areas doing surveys. Very beautiful country.Back to school and some camping before the winter. :)

Amaris,Definitely the film director must have inspired by similar bird nests. I saw it from faraway so didn't mind the muddy experience to get a better view. Thanks for your comments.

Magerata,You have traveled to most exotic places on earth!Thanks for the feedback on site design. It should work well on Safari too as I got some comments from Safari users too.Best of luck with upcoming camping..

There are some isolated colonies in the wet zone though, building nests in coconut fronds.I have seen a large colony way back in 1981 in a village in Neluwa Hiniduma. Probably they are still there. In the wet zone they are generally close to large paddy tracts and prefer the coconut for its height, unlike in the dry zone when it is generally above a water body [not always]

This was in a small island like patch of land surrounded by paddyfields. This isolated plot was about 50 feet in diameter. It was full of coconut palms, and as per your description a perfect location to build a colony.